This means that you will not be able to access your media files directly from Google Drive on the web, for example, but this is how we want it. The way we are doing this setup is to fully encrypt both the file and file names to keep our data safe and account safe. None of your files are accessible via Google Drive without rclone. Your server will still need a reasonable amount of local storage, for cache purposes. This is true of most installations in any case, but if you’re going to be transcoding stuff then you need to be able to actually do that reasonably, the services we will be running alongside need to be able to run comfortably too. Now, if you don’t have as good of an internet connection as that (I don’t!) there are other options. I would say a 100Mb/100Mb is the lowest I would do this on. I leverage my storage in workspace heavily for use with Google photos and cold backups, for example.įiles will be being pushed and pulled from the internet regularly, the better your connection, the better your experience is likely to be. Let’s not forget that you also get your own mailbox and all that jazz too. Remember, unlimited storage space is useful for much more than streaming Linux ISOs.
I’ll go through this below, but this storage will cost you $20~ per month, if you feel like this is worth it then continue reading, if not then dropping insane amounts on drives and managing storage is still the best option. You need a monthly Google apps/workspace subscription. This doesn’t necessarily mean you shouldn’t do it, or flex this fact to people, just be aware of the situation. I’m more than happy to run 100s of TBs locally if I need to, but right now I don’t, so I won’t.Īlways be aware that this service can be pulled from you at the drop of a hat. If you feel like this is too risky then this isn’t for you. As of the writing of this post, Google currently does allow unlimited storage for a small price per month which can be used for what we’re going to be doing. And, yes, they might do, and probably will at some point, but that’s a problem for another time. I can already hear the screeching from so many people right now, “but gOOGLe wIll jUSt end UnLiMiTED stOrAGe And tHeN yOU’LL SeEE”. This is conditional on Google continuing this service.
At the time of writing, you won’t lose too much if the limits come into effect and we are in fact hard limited. Should you carry on with this now? Maybe. If this service is no longer feasible, I do have a good backup which is slightly more expensive depending on how you go about it, but it’s a solid solution.
#Raidrive google drive update#
I will update this post once there is more solid information. Will we be able to ‘request more storage’ as their support pages state? Or is that a veiled way of putting in hard limits? We don’t know. My account is now showing as being 3000% utilised and support is telling me different things. Whilst their plans still claim ‘as much as you need’, varying reports are coming out seemingly pointing out that this will no longer be unlimited. Google has started forcing older users like myself into Workspace and they have not been clear about what is going to happen with storage.
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